Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Did the ancient Greeks and Romans experience Alzheimer's?
You might think age-related dementia has been with us all along, stretching back to the ancient world.
Jan 31, 2024
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Health
Give me a beet: Why this root vegetable should be on your plate
Meet the beet. Fans of "The Office" may know it as the mainstay of Schrute Farms. Others may have casually tossed them into conversation, remarking that someone has turned "beet red" from embarrassment.
Feb 23, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sri Lanka capital to go into lockdown after virus surge
Sri Lanka's capital will go back into lockdown from Friday following a surge in coronavirus cases, authorities said Thursday.
Oct 29, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rome's eternally packed tourist sites emptied
For years, Rome seemed to have only a high season for tourism given the Italian capital's eternal appeal with foreign visitors.
Mar 12, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Beijing orders returnees to quarantine as virus death toll hits 1,523
The death toll from China's new coronavirus epidemic jumped past 1,500 on Saturday as Beijing ordered people returning to the capital from holiday to self-quarantine for 14 days in another drastic effort to contain the outbreak.
Feb 15, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Ukraine doctor pioneering 'three-parent' babies
A 34-year-old woman tried to have a baby for 15 years before she turned to a pioneering doctor in Ukraine and a groundbreaking but ethically disputed "three-parent" procedure.
May 31, 2017
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HIV & AIDS
Rights group, worried about HIV, urges Philippines action
A human rights group says the Philippines is facing one of the fastest growing epidemics of HIV in the Asia Pacific, fueled by government policies that restrict intervention, including access to condoms by men who have sex ...
Dec 8, 2016
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Genetics
UK experts give green light to 'three-parent babies'
British scientists on Wednesday approved the use of so-called "three-parent baby" fertility treatments, paving the way for the country to become the first in the world to officially introduce the procedures.
Nov 30, 2016
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Other
German hospital uses therapy to 'treat' paedophiles
A man looks with interest at the child sitting in front of him in the metro, as a voice asks off-screen: "Do you like children in ways that you shouldn't?"
Oct 28, 2016
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Health
Poles protest plan to ban abortion of unviable fetuses
Polish women gathered Monday in cities across the country to protest a proposal to ban abortions in cases where fetuses are badly damaged or even have no chance of survival after birth.
Oct 24, 2016
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